Essex period homes, restored properly.
Brentwood is my regular Essex destination and a town with a good deal of well kept period housing. Victorian and Edwardian villas and terraces through the town, larger houses out towards Shenfield and Hutton, and older buildings along the High Street.
Most of the sash windows I look at in Brentwood are late Victorian or Edwardian, which means solid, generously sized windows with heavy sashes. They were built well. Where they have had reasonable maintenance they last indefinitely, and where they have not, they are still nearly always repairable.
The survey is free, the quote is in writing and itemised window by window, and there is no call out charge for crossing the river.
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Coptfold Road, Brentwood. Photo by Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The pattern in Brentwood is usually neglect rather than damage. Houses that have been repainted less often than they should have been, putty that has dried out and dropped away, cords that snapped years ago and were never replaced, and sashes that have been screwed shut rather than repaired.
None of that is serious in itself, and all of it is reversible. What turns it serious is water. Once failed putty or bare timber lets water into the rebate or the sill, decay starts, and from that point the clock is running. The good news is that catching it at the neglect stage rather than the decay stage keeps the cost down dramatically.
Every job in Brentwood starts the same way: a free survey, an honest conversation about what your windows actually need, and a written quote with no pressure attached.
Complete restoration of original timber sashes, done the traditional way.
Find out moreDecayed sections cut out and matching new timber spliced in.
Find out moreSnapped cords and unbalanced sashes put right so windows glide again.
Find out moreCracked panes, failed putty and slimline double glazed upgrades.
Find out moreWhere a window really has gone too far, I make new sashes and complete windows to match the originals, in traditional timber, single glazed or with slimline double glazed units. They are made to the profiles of the windows already in the house rather than to a catalogue standard, so the house still reads as one piece.
That is the difference between replacement joinery and replacement windows. One keeps the character of the building and one removes it. On a Victorian or Edwardian house in Essex, the first is almost always the better investment as well as the better looking answer.
Brentwood, Shenfield, Hutton, Ingatestone and the surrounding area are regular ground, and I cover a wider part of Essex by arrangement. Get in touch and I will tell you straight away whether I can reach you.
No. There is no call out charge and no travel fee, and the survey and written quote are free.
Almost always, yes. The sashes are eased free, the built up paint is stripped back, the timber is adjusted and the weights are rebalanced so the window opens with one hand again.
Yes. New sashes are made to the profiles of your existing windows, so a single replacement sits alongside the originals without standing out.
Based between Blackheath and the Medway towns, covering South East London, Kent and Essex. Not on the list? Get in touch anyway, I can often help with specific projects.